400 People Killed in Strike on Kabul Hospital

Dozens of people are feared dead or injured at a drug treatment centre in Afghanistan’s capital after an air strike that the Taliban government blamed on Pakistan.

The centre in Kabul was hit on Monday evening, killing some people and injuring others, the government’s spokesperson said on social media platform X.

A Taliban government spokesperson claimed the death toll reached at least 400, but the figures have not been independently verified.

Pakistan denied striking any health facility, saying it “precisely targeted military installations and terrorist support infrastructure” in Kabul and the eastern province of Nangahar. Some 2,000 people were being treated there, according to officials at the facility, who believe there could be hundreds of casualties. (Agency)